FORT WORTH-Trademark Property and Fort Worth South are on track to start on "Midtown," a 13.2-acre redevelopment in the medical district. Talks are under way with hoteliers and residential builders as the retail campaign debuts on the market.

DALLAS-With interest rates starting to climb, the Dallas investment group has five refinances in the pipeline while holding purchase contracts for Austin, Fort Worth and Tulsa. In the race against time, AmeriSouth polishes off a buy and a sale in East Austin.

ADDISON, TX-Southwest Business Solutions will relocate to 4355 Excel Parkway in late summer in a win for both sides of the deal. The owner fills a spot dark for 18 months and the tenant grabs 6,000 sf of added operating room with the move.

PLANO, TX-The 90%-leased Post Windhaven, now being called Avalon Parc, finally passes to a Crest Asset Management affiliate partnership after five months of working out issues due to a building's encroachment on the setback.

FORT WORTH-Origen Financial inks a seven-year, three-month lease for 40,000 sf of a 73,734-sf project at Mercantile Center, which has a second project at the bargaining table. Origen has until October 2005 to decide if it's taking all or part of the estimated $5-million project.

DALLAS-Cary Krier gets a senior vice president's title with the shift from Bradford Cos. to Colliers' regrouped industrial division. He will continue to work the northeast Dallas corridor along with new territories, including investment sales.

ALLEN, TX-The Boise, ID-based DBSI Group of Cos. tucks away its second Texas deed with a high offer, all cash, for the 70,200-sf, class A 75 Cornerstone Crossing. The buyer, with a $100-million acquisitions pipeline, is holding more contracts in town.

DALLAS-Marking their first appearance at Nareit, the REIT's top execs, Monty J. Bennett, and Douglas A. Kessler, say they're looking to leverage a $200-million pipeline, now in various stages of negotiation.